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Bruce Findlay

Bundaberg

Summary

Dedicated Logistics professional bringing decades of experience managing freight carrier relationships focused on cost-effective logistics solutions. Good organizational, customer relations and project management skills. Analytical thinker with superior work ethic. History of achieving demanding delivery targets and maintaining high customer satisfaction with an open and clear communication style. Proficient in operating large transport equipment, updating and regulating data in computer systems and coordinating paperwork. Seasoned supervisor with extensive worker scheduling and task management expertise. Strong history of developing and executing resource planning, coordination and utilization strategies to meet performance goals. Supervised the preventive maintenance and scheduled repair activities as required on transport equipment. Reliable worker with solid emergency response coordination and fleet management skills. Built high-performing teams through great leadership skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing management and supervisory skills, interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Precise leadership skills and possessing in-depth knowledge of the methods and materials required to lead and manage a team. Offering 30 odd years of experience preparing and maintaining records, inspecting farming and transport projects and recommending changes in field, office and workshop processes. Responsible and hardworking professional comfortable handling multiple situations and processes simultaneously.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Field Officer and Transport Supervisor

Isis Central Sugar Mill
06.2006 - Current
  • Duties performed while working at Isis Sugar Mill are as follows: Farm Management, watering sugar cane, fertilising sugar cane, planting sugar cane, chemical application, paperwork and storage
  • Customer relations, conflict management, roster control for transport and harvesting operations, Despatch control, Sub contract management, Excel spreadsheets, Reports, WH&S and Induction management, Logistics control, problem solving, deadlines, member of a select team, new customer cold call, KPI development and control and budget management
  • Logistics and forward planning
  • GPS measuring blocks using mobile handheld device
  • GPS Drawing using farm map and Mirrabooka
  • Building Transport infrastructure
  • Organising and Chairing of Tool Box meetings
  • Demurrage control, Loss control
  • Safety Plan recording and teaching farmers new initiatives.

Administrator/Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor

K&S Freighters Bundaberg
06.2003 - 06.2006
  • Duties performed as follows: Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor, KPI's and budget and writing SOP's
  • Organising OH&S Meetings NHVAS and organising and scheduling the maintenance of vehicles, problem solving, strategic shifts, designing rosters, supervision of around 45 drivers and workers and all aspects of running a 24 hour a day operation 7 days a week
  • Tool Box meetings etc.

Farm Supervisor

McIlwraith Mangoes
12.2002 - 06.2003
  • Duties performed consisted of Pruning and spraying Lychee and Mango Trees and passionfruit vines
  • Filling out spray Logs and operating the gassing room ready for ripening
  • Organising pickers and Machinery for daily work requirements
  • Organising fertilising and watering schedules, weed spraying, slashing of farm
  • Ordering and storage of chemicals and maintaining vehicles and equipment and all the other things required on a daily basis when looking after a farm.

Administrator/Driver/Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor

K&S Freighters
06.1999 - 12.2002
  • Duties performed while working at K&S Freighters are as follows, payroll, loader driver, 4 week fill in Manager for Queensland Magnesia contract, Driver/Supervisor with 6 trucks whilst construction of KG1-KG2 Haul road constructed at Kunnawarra Mine & B-Double Driver, container truck driver, mobicon driver, container fill, wharf management, allocator, forklift driver, Tanker driver both dust and petroleum, Multi-Lift driver, 3 years as Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor, KPI's, Spread sheeting, writing SOP's, organising OH&S Meetings, mass management, maintenance of vehicles, problem solving, strategic shifts, designing rosters, fleet management and all aspects of running a 24 hour a day operation 7 days a week solely.

Operations Clerk/Driver

Finemores Transport
05.1993 - 06.1999
  • Duties performed while working for Finemores include Data entry, matching data, filing, forklift driving, costing, tonnage tracking, problem solving, task orders, meeting deadlines, organising 250+ people functions, organising medicals and drug testing, manual labour, contracts pricing, fuel ordering, tyre purchasing, stock takes, loading fuel tankers, AIP pass, fire training, First Aid certificate, all purchasing for Pinkenba, supervising up to 60 drivers and 20 Trucks, B-Double Licence, rosters, ordering sub-contractors and many other things involved with running a demanding 22 Million dollar per-annum business.

Education

Skills

  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Community Engagement
  • Networking and relationship building
  • Operational planning
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Team building
  • Trainer
  • System monitoring
  • Relationship Building
  • Personnel Management
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Problem-Solving
  • Time Management
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Active Listening
  • Decision-Making
  • Task Prioritization

Furthereducation

  • Cert IV in Training and Assessment
  • Cert III in Management
  • Cert IV in Leadership and Management
  • Farm Business Skill Set through TAFE and the Queensland Government

Licensetickets

  • Multi - combination license
  • UD license to drive certain large vehicles on the road
  • RE motorbikes learners
  • Mobicon (Mobile container mover)
  • Current First Aid Certificate
  • Chemcert certificate
  • Whitecard
  • Volunteer Bluecard

Maritalstatus

Married

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 01/23/76

References (Work)

  • Des Pohlmann, Retired Field Officer/Locomotive Trainer, Isis Central Sugar Mill, 0484254222
  • Steve Heidrich, Retired Operations Manager @ Zarb Transport, NDL Division, 0400308220

Timeline

Field Officer and Transport Supervisor

Isis Central Sugar Mill
06.2006 - Current

Administrator/Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor

K&S Freighters Bundaberg
06.2003 - 06.2006

Farm Supervisor

McIlwraith Mangoes
12.2002 - 06.2003

Administrator/Driver/Depot Manager/Operations Supervisor

K&S Freighters
06.1999 - 12.2002

Operations Clerk/Driver

Finemores Transport
05.1993 - 06.1999

Bruce Findlay